9 2 Dr. Atkin on preferving Health 
bell manner they were able, and recovered their 
ftrength by feeding on a certain root they dif- 
covered, and fome game caught in hunting. At 
length they embarked in the fmaller {hip, and 
after undergoing numberlefs dangers and hard- 
fhips, returned home in fafety. 
In the fame immenfe bay, but as far fouth as 
lat. 52, Captain James, an Englifhman, wintered 
with his crew. His refidence was on an ifland 
covered with wood ; but the cold was, notwith- 
ftanding, molt intenfe. In the depth of winter 
they were able to procure very little frelh provi- 
fion by the chace, and all became grievoully 
afflifted with the fcurvy, except the Captain, 
Mafter, and Surgeon. Weak and fick as they 
were, however, it was necefiary for them to 
labour hard out of doors during the greateft 
inclemency of the feafon; for, believing their 
fhip fo damaged, as to be incapable of carrying 
them home, they undertook the laborious talk 
of building a pinnace from the timber growing 
on the ifland. At the return of fpring, the 
young greens fprouted up much fooner and 
more plentifully here, than where Monck win¬ 
tered ; and it became very hot before they left 
the place. They loft only two men out of a 
crew of twenty-two. 
In the year 1633 two trials were made by the 
Dutch of eftablifning wintering-places at their 
northern fifheriesi the one at Spitzbergen, the 
other 
